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2004-02-11 Russia

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-02-11 12:25:17 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Update from the BBC, EFL:
A Russian presidential candidate, who went missing for five days, has arrived back in Moscow from Ukraine, saying he might drop out of the race. Ivan Rybkin said at Moscow airport what had happened since last Thursday was abuse, but gave no further details. Upon arriving at Moscow's Sheremetievo airport, Mr Rybkin looked pale and exhausted, a BBC correspondent said. He described the events of the last five days as the most difficult experience during his 15 years in politics. He said he was returning "as if I had been in a difficult round of Chechen negotiations". "I'm very satisfied that I returned," Mr Rybkin said, hinting at a possibility that he might not have come back alive.

Sounds like someone had a very long talk with him about his future.

Posted by Steve 2004-2-11 10:11:51 AM|| 2004-2-11 10:11:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 "Sounds like someone had a very long talk with him about his future."

...Either that or the someone was named Natasha and was incredible...*G*

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2004-2-11 1:58:25 PM|| 2004-2-11 1:58:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Or maybe her name was Rebecca:

An American journalist reported missing in Russia's turbulent North Caucasus region made contact with her employer Wednesday and said she was fine, one of her editors said Wednesday.
Rebecca Santana, 32, a stringer for Washington-based Cox Newspapers, was "quite surprised" to learn of the concern over her whereabouts, said Chuck Holmes, foreign editor for the Cox chain.
The U.S. Embassy had filed a missing person's report on a journalist, but did not release the name because of to privacy concerns. Santana was to have flown Sunday from Moscow to the southern city of Mineralnye Vody and traveled by car to the nearby city of Mozdok, where Russia's military headquarters for the Caucasus is located. She planned to report on refugees and other issues in the region surrounding war-plagued Chechnya and then enter the secessionist republic. Santana's co-workers grew concerned when they received a call from a contact who was to have organized her meetings in the Caucasus, saying she had not shown up. Holmes said Santana went into Chechnya but did not know the details of how she got there or why she missed her planned contact. She was preparing to return to Moscow on Wednesday, he said.

Humm, Mr Rybkin looked pale and exhausted,and said he was returning "as if I had been in a difficult round of Chechen negotiations". So that's what they call it.

Posted by Steve 2004-2-11 3:15:25 PM|| 2004-2-11 3:15:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 What ever happened to
Wiiiiiiiiiilbur Mills.

Posted by AntiPasto 2004-2-11 6:31:17 PM|| 2004-2-11 6:31:17 PM|| Front Page Top

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